Recreating the night's events, Wadsworth explains that the five other victims were Mr. Wadsworth and the others regroup after he turns the electricity back on, and he says he knows who the murderer is. Yvette, the police officer, and a singing telegram girl who arrived while the lights were out are murdered with the rope, lead pipe, and revolver, respectively. After distracting the police officer successfully, the guests resume their search until another unknown person turns off the electricity. Edgar Hoover, which Wadsworth takes alone. The mansion receives a call from FBI chief J. Discovering a secret passage, Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlet find themselves locked in the lounge with the motorist's corpse until Yvette shoots the door open with the revolver.Ī police officer investigating the motorist's abandoned car arrives to use the phone. While the guests search the mansion in pairs, an unknown person burns the blackmail evidence, unlocks the cupboard and kills the motorist with the wrench. Wadsworth proceeds to throw a key out the front door. Before he can throw the key out the front door, a stranded motorist arrives, and Wadsworth locks him in the lounge. Wadsworth locks the weapons in a cupboard. Boddy's body disappears, but the guests find it, now bleeding, in the restroom, having been struck on the head with the candlestick. The group suspects the cook, but they find her dead as well, stabbed with the knife. Boddy's blackmail because she refused to name friends who were socialists, forcing him to become Boddy's butler, and that he has summoned the guests to force a confession out of Mr. Boddy is apparently dead, without any indication at first glance as to how.Īs the guests investigate Boddy's death, Wadsworth explains to them that his wife committed suicide due to Mr. Boddy turns out the lights deathly moans are heard and a gunshot rings out, and when the lights are turned back on, Mr. White, and a wrench for Colonel Mustard-and suggests that someone kill Wadsworth, who has the key to the front door and whose death will ensure that "no one but the seven of us will ever know" of their secrets. Green, a revolver for Professor Plum, a rope for Mrs. Boddy gives them each a weapon-a candlestick for Miss Scarlet, a knife for Mrs. While threatening to expose the guests if he is arrested, Mr. Wadsworth tells them that the police had been notified and they have approximately 45 minutes before they arrive. Green is homosexual, which he isn't ashamed of, but must keep secret as it would cost him his job at the State Department if discovered. Colonel Mustard, though initially suspected of being one of Miss Scarlet's clients, is actually a war profiteer who sold plane parts on the black market, resulting in several deaths. Miss Scarlet runs an underground brothel in Washington, D.C., of which she is unashamed. Professor Plum has lost his medical license due to an affair with a patient, which he initially denies. White is suspected in the death of her husband, a nuclear physicist she denies guilt and says that she does not want the allegations made public. senator, but denies any wrongdoing and claims she has paid the blackmail to keep the scandal quiet. Peacock is accused of taking bribes for her husband, a U.S. Boddy, who Wadsworth reveals has been blackmailing the others. Green, Professor Plum, and Miss Scarlet.Ī seventh guest arrives, Mr. Greeted by Wadsworth the butler and Yvette the maid, each guest receives a pseudonym to maintain confidentiality: Colonel Mustard, Mrs. In 1954, six strangers arrive by ominous invitation at a secluded New England mansion, despite most of the guests being from the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The film initially received mixed reviews and did poorly at the box office, grossing $14.6 million in the United States against its budget of $15 million, but later developed a considerable cult following. Home media releases include all three endings presented sequentially. Inspired by the nature of the board game, the film's initial release featured various different endings, with one of three possibilities sent to each theater. Directed by Jonathan Lynn, who co-wrote the script with John Landis, and produced by Debra Hill, it stars the ensemble cast of Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, and Colleen Camp. Clue is a 1985 American black comedy mystery film based on the board game of the same name.
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